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A chilly breeze dances down
out of the Northwest, stirring the
fragile whips of greening willow
trees and infant maple leaves
stretching larger with each new
dawn.
Clear, brilliant sunshine defies
the morning’s briskness, pouring
warmth into sheltered spots. It
sends the cats sprawling out on the
blacktop, their backs against the
calf pens, to snooze away the
hours.
But snoozing now is only for
the cats. Warm sunshine and brisk
breezes, greening trees and thick
ening grass stir a primeval, in
stinctive response tothe season. It
quickens the pulse of every farm
er, as well as many whose liveli
hood is not tied to tillage of the
ground, but whose roots neverthe-
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less go, deep into Mother Earth.
It is spring. And the soil beck
ons, singing a powerful, passion
ate siren song.
The time for tearing down, re
placing. rebuilding and servicing
is past. Equipment, fueled and
greased, with even a fresh coat of
paint perhaps, waits poised, field
side. With die turn of a key or
-push of a button, horsepower
springs to throbbing life, surging
forward on subde directions from
gearshift and throtde.
And, as moldboard, or curved
disk blade, or springy chisel teeth,
bite into cool sod or stubble cover,
a fragrance, unlike any other, is re
leased which captures the very es
sence of spring.
Frcshly-tumed ground. Not the
most expensive scent created at
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the hands of man, nor the most
sweetly-smelling flower; equals
(he rich, earthy perfume freed by
shiny steel slicing into damp earth.
Still, the sharp, clean aroma of
fresh soil is but a part of the sensu
al experience of the planting sea
son. For spring is a theater in the
round, and a few seats could pos
sibly provide a better view than
that seen from atop a tractor turn
ing and tilling the soft, fresh
ground.
Green growth explodes in all
directions, carpets of lush grass
stretching to the horizon, gently
swaying in , the wind. Swelling
leafbuds color woodlots with mis
ty shades of green and muted red.
Dandelions dot Adds apd fence
row edges, like globs of sunshine
carelessly strewn over the land
scape.
Robins, blackbirds, sometimes
flocks of noisy seagulls, follow
the wake of the tillage equipment,
feasting on fat worms and grubs
exposed by the equipment’s pas
sage. While they would flee a hu
man so near on foot, the banquet
ing birds show little fear of tractor
operators, figuring perhaps the ob
ject on the seat is just another odd
shaped muffler protruding above
the tractor’s dusty hood.
A pair of mallards paddles to
ward the safety of center pond,
splitting the blue mirror of the
overhead sky and its streaks of
mares-tail high ice clouds.
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With each tillage round, neat
ness and order is restored to post
winter fields. Straight-edged rows
of clean, darker, damp soil tidy up
the scruffy look of rotting stubble,
patches of dried foxtail and ragged
perennial weeds. Bordering stands
of'greening hayfields accent the
neatness'of newly-turned soil and
stripe the countryside with con
trasting color combinations.
And with the essence of spring
planting season comes new hope
against winter-weariness, against
the dust of droughts, against fast
depleting hay mows and bins
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money when remodeling your
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cussion of the three kitchen re
modeling options available to the
homeowner - installing all new ca
binets (the most expensive way to
go); repainting or refinishing ex
isting cabinets (the least costly);
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which echo with emptiness.
While the fragrance of freshly
turned ground is the very essence
of spring, it is also the essence of a
fresh start, a new beginning, a re
newed hope. It is against this hope
that millions of manhours, mil
lions of dollars, millions of acres
and millions of seeds are annually
pitted against the whims of weath
er and world markets.
And, it is this essence which
keeps farmers, year after year, re
turning again to work the land
they so love.
or the relatively new technique
known as cabinet refacing (which
lies somewhere in between, cost
wise).
Also included is a section on
wood in general, why it is so
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(he causes of deterioration. It also
provides a list of 24 common
woods used in furniture and cabin
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the very soft; answers to some fre
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various types of cabinet doors.
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